Lucy Elyse Carleton – is a social dance instructor, TV camera operator/floor director & REALTOR. Lucy & her husband Leon Williams have been dance partners & instructors since 1995 and were instrumental in forming the Key West Ballroom Dance group that dances every Sunday night. They have been teaching social dance (salsa, swing, hustle, Texas 2 step, cha cha, etc.) & hosting the 3rd Sat Dance Social at Paradise Health & Fitness Dance Studio in Key West for the past 10 years. Lucy has been involved with recycling since 1989 when she was the director of Recycle Key West. She currently is a GLEE member. She is on the board of the Waterfront Playhouse & the Monroe County Extension Service. Lucy has been a member of the Key West Association of Realtors since 1988 serving as Secretary, Treasurer & on various commitees. Working in her yard, which is a Florida Certified Yard (catching rain in barrels, compost & mulch), is what she enjoys in her free time.

Susann D'Antonio – has a BA in Fine Arts and expresses her creativity predominantly through 3 dimensional mixed media projects. Her main focus is on incorporating many natural and recycled elements into the sculptures. She and her husband own Framing in Paradise, a custom frame shop on Big Pine Key, located in Artists in Paradise Gallery. Susann has also been an independent title abstractor since 1988, providing real estate research to lawyers and title companies. Sue has served on the Art in Public Places board for the last 6 years, assisting in placement of art in Monroe County’s public spaces.

Judy Harris – is from Chicago and professionally has served as both an Education and a Museum Administrator. She first visited the Upper Keys in the early 70s, and it has since become home for many years. Judy and her husband enjoy traveling, the arts, golf and tennis. They have two children and three grandchildren.

Karen Leonard – has been living in Key West since 1992 where the endless supply of rich material attracted her to film and digital media. She works with and documents performing and visual arts and the people that create them. She was a multimedia student at FKCC when she found that part of her creative nature was to document other people’s art. She graduated from Brooklyn College with an MFA in Theater Direction, which led her to teaching and directing children’s theater for the New York City Board of Education. She enjoys music, crafts and traveling with her husband, Aaron.

Emily Sorkin - was the owner of the Sorkin Gallery of Tribeca and Soho, NYC. Her gallery specialized in contemporary art. Ms. Sorkin studied painting and graduated from NYU and Hunter College, NYC with a BS and Masters of Fine Arts degree. Early on, while teaching art in programs sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts and the 92nd Street Y, she worked as a private art dealer and curated exhibitions. Before opening her own gallery, she worked at several well-known galleries in NYC, including the John Gibson Gallery. Her board service with the FKCA includes art in public buildings. Emily and her husband David Greenberg, a photographer, live in Key West.

Board Alternate
Tom Butler, Key Largo, Retired Business Executive & Board member; The Key Players & Upper Keys Sailing Club
Lois Giffen, Marathon, visual artist
Michael Shields, Key West; CEO/Founder, Java Studios; radio talk show host - ArtWaves